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Liechtenstein prince accused of killing Romania's 'largest' bear AFP 3 hrs ago AFP © JOHN THYS Romania is thought to have more than 6,000 brown bears, Europe's largest population. Romania said Wednesday it is investigating the killing of a large brown bear that activists allege was illegally shot by a Liechtenstein prince during a hunt in the Carpathian Mountains. Animal rights groups accuse Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein of having killed a 17-year-old male brown bear, the "largest" sighted in Romania, while on a March hunting trip from his castle in Austria. Rom...

Austrian prince is investigated over claims he 'illegally' shot dead the 'largest' brown bear in Romania after paying £6,000 during a trophy hunt in the Carpathian Mountains Prince Emanuel von und zu Liechtenstein was granted a four-day hunting permit in March in Romania's Covasna County On March 13 he 'harvested' a brown bear, for which he allegedly paid £6,000  The prince had been given special approval by the Romanian environment ministry to shoot a female brown bear - but he 'wrongly' killed male bear

share Print Romania has the most brown bears in the European Union. But just how many bears it has depends on whom you ask, whether environmentalists, the government -- or the companies that make millions from trophy hunting. In 2016, Romania banned the trophy hunting of large carnivores, such as bears and wolves. But under successive governments, exceptions have been granted for the sake of controlling the population. Under these guidelines, almost 1,400 bears have been killed by hunters to date, who are said to be willing to pay $15,000 for a trophy. The official number of brown bears in Ro...

The appointment of Romania’s new environment minister, Barna Tanczos, has angered environmentalists due to past comments he made about the country becoming “the zoo of Europe”. Campaigners and environmentalists were quick to recall Tanczos' comments made in 2015 that Romania — home to Europe’s biggest brown bear population — should cull more than 4,000 bears. “We cannot turn Romania into the zoo of Europe,” Tanczos said in a press conference in 2015. He also said that “The bear population is growing, it has already exceeded 10,000 specimens in Romania.” Romania’s officia...